Collar buttons



Dec. 4, 1956 N. P. sT. JOHN 2,772,461

COLLAR BUTTONS Filed Nov. 27, 1953 F-IG. 3. FIG. 4..

INVENTOR United States Patent COLLAR BUTTONS Norman P. St. John,Arlington, Va.

Application November 27, 1953, Serial No. 394,628

1 Claim. (Cl. 24-101) The present invention relates to a collar buttonfor use with shirts, collars and the like.

The button of the present invention is shaped as a solid of generallyelliptical horizontal section and reduced in size inwardly from the topportion and from the base portion, the base portion and the top portionhaving the form of an ellipse, the base portion being larger in ahorizontal plane than the top portion. The base is curved slightly toconform to the neck of a wearer, while the top portion is convex.

it is an object of the present invention to provide a collar buttonhaving a plurality of ridges and grooves, symmetrically arranged on thenarrow end edges of the stem.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a collar button withmeans to prevent loss of the collar button from a shirt.

A still further object of the present invention is the provision of acollar button, that will secure the collar of a shirt, or a collar to ashirt, or a tie to a shirt.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a collarbutton that is easy to insert in the button hole of a shirt, collar orthe like.

The present invention can be used to good advantage with the shirthaving attached collar disclosed in my U. S. Patent No. 2,659,891.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention are set forth inthe specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the collar button.

Figure 2 is a view of the collar button looking at one vertical end ofthe shank or stem and showing the grooves and ridges.

Figure 3 is a top or plan view of the collar button, and

Figure 4 is a bottom view of the collar button.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 represents the top of my improvedcollar button, 2 the stem and 3 the 2,772,461 Patented Dec. 4, 1956base. The top 1 and base 3 are of substantially ellipticalconfiguration, the base being curved to conform to the curvature of theneck of a wearer.

interposed between the base 3 and the top 1 is a stem 2, that isprovided on its end portions with one or more ridges 4 and grooves 5,and it is to be noted, that the stem is of tapered configuration,tapering from the bottom to the top, the sides of the stem being smooth.

From the description, it will be seen that I have provided a collarbutton that embodies a top, base and stem, all being of substantiallyelliptical configuration in shape about a common vertical axis, the stembeing provided with a plurality of grooves for receiving collar buttonholes in shirts and collars, and a plurality of ridges for holdingcollar and shirt hands together, and also for supporting preformed tieshaving a hook that engages one of the plurality of grooves.

Changes in detail may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

I claim as my invention:

A collar button comprising a top, base, and connecting stem, thegreatest horizontal section of the top, and base being substantiallyelliptical in shape, and the stem being substantially elliptical in anyhorizontal section thereof, the top, stem and base each beingsymmetrical about a common vertical axis, the greatest of the horizontaldimensions of the said top, stem, and base lying in a common planethrough said axis, said stern having one or more portions thereofextending symmetrically outwardly therefrom, and lying in said commonplane, each of said portions being adapted to coact with an adjacentextending portion or with the top or base to form a groove adapted toprevent a collar button from sliding out of a button hole in which saidcollar button is inserted, the Width or dimension of the stem in a planeat right angles to said common vertical plane increasing from the end ofthe stern near the top to the end of the stem near the base.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 94,183Carter Aug. 31, 1869 383,156 Starley May 22, 1888 1,378,238 Kahl May 17,1921 1,383,310 Kahl July 5, 1921 FOREIGN PATENTS 12,438 Great Britain1911 248,103 Germany June 13, 1912 333,351 Great Britain Aug. 14, 1930

